Garu and Tobe Switch! is the 1st segment of the 6th episode of Pucca: Love Recipe.
Synopsis[]
Garu and Tobe are struck by lightning during a duel, which results in them switching bodies!
Plot[]
In the midst of a lightning storm, Garu and Tobe do battle in the woods. The fight takes them right to the edge of a cliff and as they clash swords, lighting zaps them. The electricity knocks them out while causing their spirits to swap bodies.
Tobe wakes the next morning in an unfamiliar place and after catching his reflection in the mirror, he realizes he is now Garu! If that wasn’t bad enough, Pucca enters - having brought him to Garu's home last night - and mistakes him for her crush. After getting kissed by her, Tobe runs away screaming ony to bump into Ring Ring who wants to drag him off for a date. The dark ninja escapes while "his" admirers give chase.
Over with Garu, he wakes up in Tobe's base and tries to slip away, though Tobe's ninjas find him. They show him their target practice where they are throwing metal stars at wooden Garu heads but their aim is atrocious. Garu takes offense and after catching a wayward throwing star on his sword, he shows off his moves use it to cut down all the Garu-targets then pin a fly to a tree. The ninjas are all amazed by "their boss" while Garu takes his chance to run away.
Garu heads to Sooga village, still confused about being in Tobe's body, when he spies Pucca coming. On instinct, he jumps into a nearby tree to hide from her but soon realizes her target is the one in Garu's body, Tobe, who flees from the delivery girl as Ring Ring also joins the chase. The pig-tailed ninja is glad to watch Tobe running from them but he himself gets a surprise to find Tobe's ninjas have followed him, begging him to teach them martial arts. Garu is glad to do so.
Tobe manages to escape the girls and is now looking for Garu in his body. He comes across his own minions using a Tobe-shaped training dummy for their practice which he is outraged by. The ninjas - thinking he's Garu - run at him but he dodges them easily. He tries to attack Garu who instead uses the training dummy to knock Tobe into the distance. The minions praise "their boss" for his great skills. Tobe crashes into other village, drawing concern from the townspeople as they think he is their beloved "Garu". Seeing that Garu has usurped control of his minions, Tobe decides he'll get revenge by using Garu's identity to ruin his reputation.
Tobe geos around town causing all kinds of mischief with Garu's identity - from kicking a ladder out from under Santa to ruining The Florist's bouquet. Ching and Chang take note of this odd behavior, Ching thinking "Garu" might be sick from getting struck by lightning. Chang suggests Pucca should stick by his side to look after him, which she is happy to do.
Garu is having a lot of fun being the new ninja leader, having them carry him around while he eats snacks, claiming it to be part of their training. Tobe is also enjoying making a mess of the town with Garu's face, until spying Garu and being annoyed by him lording over his minions. They clash against each other with the minions acting as cheerleaders. Pucca sees the ruckus and charges in to kiss "Garu" while both ninjas decide its better to escape with a smoke screen. When the smoke clears, Pucca has knocked out the minions, but Garu and Tobe are gone.
The rivals are battling it out in the forest, Tobe demanding Garu give him back his body though the pig-tailed ninja just mocks his lack of battle skills. Tobe changes tactics and threatens to tell Pucca that he loves her and write Ring Ring a love letter, frightening Garu into fighting him more seriously. Their fight leads them back to the same cliff as before, just as a storm is coming in again. They clash swords and just like before, a lightning bolt zaps them, returning both to their proper bodies. Tobe's ninjas find them and Tobe happily lets them embrace him, only to find they've all walked right off the cliff edge and fall. Garu watches them go but soon sees Pucca as she runs up to kiss him, just as the lightning bolt zaps them. This time, they are the ones who have been switched. Pucca is delighted being in Garu's body while Garu screams in horror at being Pucca.
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Trivia[]
- This episode is similar to The Garfield Show episode "Freaky Monday".